Adeline Riou replaces Ralf Carlström as EPMA President
May 19, 2025
The European Powder Metallurgy Association (EPMA) has appointed Adeline Riou as its new President. Riou, who serves as Market Development Director – Metal Powders at Aubert & Duval, France, succeeds Ralf Carlström of Höganäs AB, Sweden, who is stepping down after six years as the association’s president. The EPMA also announced Steven Moseley, Chief Scientist Hard Materials & Key Expert at Hilti, as its new Treasurer.
The appointments were confirmed during the association’s General Assembly, which took place in Brussels, Belgium, on May 15, 2025. Every three years, the EPMA Statutes require members to elect a new president and treasurer, both subject to a maximum of two terms.
“I’m very pleased that Adeline accepted the appointment as President of EPMA,” stated Carlström. “Her long experience within the Powder Metallurgy field, combined with her dedication, will be a very valuable asset for EPMA in the future.”
Riou has worked in the field of metal powders for close to thirty years, having been at Aubert&Duval since 2018 and at Erasteel for twenty-two years. Over that time, she has been very active within EPMA, where she initiated the EuroHIP sectoral group in 2009 and the EuroAM sectoral group in 2013 before joining EPMA Board and Council in 2023.
She served as Co-Chair at the WorldPM2022 Congress and received the EPMA Distinguished Service Award in 2023. Riou is also the co-author of EPMA’s Introduction to HIP technology and Introduction to AM technology publications.
“I am very happy and deeply honoured to have been elected as EPMA’s new president and even more so as the first woman to hold this position,” added Riou. “Many thanks to Ralf Carlström for the opportunity and for the excellent work and new ideas implemented in the last six years to strengthen the EPMA, in particular to recover from the challenging Covid crisis.”
“I will be most glad to support now the development of EPMA and foster innovation & education in all sectors of Powder Metallurgy, in particular Additive Manufacturing and new technologies. I’m excited to collaborate with the EPMA team led by Lionel Aboussouan, Executive Director and the new EPMA Council as well as EPMA members and partners.”
“Let’s get creative and work on challenges as one team, to make the association as well as our European industry and research stronger,” concluded Riou.
